Strange Tales 139 (Dec 1965) GD/VG (3.0)

Small tear at top edge of back cover. Interior of cover browning at outer edges.

The Brave Die Hard!

Script: Stan Lee (credited); Jack Kirby (co-plot, uncredited)

Pencils: Jack Kirby (credited) (layouts); Joe Sinnott (credited)

Inks: Joe Sinnott (credited)

Colors: Stan Goldberg ?

Letters: Artie Simek (credited)

Characters: Nick Fury; HYDRA; Supreme Hydra (?); Tony Stark [Iron Man]; Dum Dum Dugan; Gabe Jones; Agent G [Laura Brown] (unnamed); Leslie Farrington; Wilson; Vincent Vandergill; Arnold Brown

Synopsis: Hydra fails to learn the location of the Braino-Saur despite their Image-Inducer. Stark tells SHIELD's directors it was designed to disarm Hydra's Betratron Bomb orbiting above Earth. Agent G helps Fury escape but he refuses to promise not to harm her father, the Supreme Hydra. Dum Dum, Gabe and a SHIELD squad use the captured Hydra saucer to locate their HQ. In the Imperial Industries boardroom tremors shake the building forcing everyone to flee. Below, Supreme Hydra learns of his daughters treachery. SHIELD attacks and he sends his Tiger Squad aware that it may mean his own daughter's death.